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Micoureus Lesson 1842

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Micoureus Lesson 1842

Micoureus Lesson 1842, Nouv. Tabl. Regn. Anim. Mammiferes: 186.

Type Species: Didelphis cinerea Temminck 1824

Synonyms: Grymaeomys Burmeister 1854.

Species and subspecies: 6 species with 10 subspecies:

Species Micoureus alstoni J. A. Allen 1900

Species Micoureus constantiae Thomas 1903

Species Micoureus demerarae Thomas 1905

Subspecies Micoureus demerarae subsp. demerarae Thomas 1905

Subspecies Micoureus demerarae subsp. areniticola Tate 1931

Subspecies Micoureus demerarae subsp. dominus Thomas 1920

Subspecies Micoureus demerarae subsp. esmeraldae Tate 1931

Subspecies Micoureus demerarae subsp. meridae Tate 1931

Species Micoureus paraguayanus Tate 1931

Subspecies Micoureus paraguayanus subsp. paraguayanus Tate 1931

Subspecies Micoureus paraguayanus subsp. travassosi Miranda-Ribeiro 1936

Species Micoureus phaeus (Thomas 1899)

Species Micoureus regina Thomas 1898

Subspecies Micoureus regina subsp. regina Thomas 1898

Subspecies Micoureus regina subsp. germana Thomas 1904

Subspecies Micoureus regina subsp. rapposa Thomas 1899

Discussion: Previously in Marmosa (sensu lato; see Gardner and Creighton, 1989). Micoures Reig et al. (1985) and Micoures Massoia, 1988, are incorrect subsequent spellings of Micoureus Lesson.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Didelphimorphia, pp. 3-18 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/767039E29E95F6382CDB41CB50269426

Related works

Is part of
Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/D8809E77CA3D04A43368422BF9F97F3E (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/767039E29E95F6382CDB41CB50269426 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/231547187 (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Lesson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Didelphimorphia
Family
Didelphidae
Genus
Micoureus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Micoureus Lesson, 1842 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Allen, J. A. 1900. Description of new American marsupials. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 13: 191 - 199.
  • Thomas, O. 1903. Notes on Neotropical mammals of the genera Felis, Hapale, Oryzomys, Akodon, and Ctenomys, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, 12: 234 - 243.
  • Gardner, A. L., and G. K. Creighton. 1989. A new generic name for Tate's microtarsus group of South American mouse opossums (Marsupialia: Didelphidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 102: 3 - 7.
  • Massoia, E. 1988. Presas de Tyto alba en Campo Ramon, Departamento Obera, Provincia de Misiones. Boletin Cientifico, Asociacion para la Proteccion de la Naturaleza, 7: 4 - 16.